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    Fighting back against big company requirements

    I'm just a small welding shop and have been in business since 1988, a company that I do a few thousand dollars of work for a year wants me to pay $ 1,200.00 to sign up with a safety company called ISN, unfortunately, I'm just a 2 man shop and don't have company manuals on dealing with blood...
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    Squaring up trailers.

    I have a local trailer dealership that sells around 5,000 trailers a year, they are constantly wanting to bring me trailers that have dog tracking issues, they have other welders that do the easy fixes but like giving me the heavier repairs since I have cranes and beams cast into the floor for...
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    Gas Shocks / Struts

    I have a customer that has a rack on top of his horse trailer to haul his hay when He's on a riding trip, unfortunately He's tired of the hay getting wet and wants me to build a 15" tall cover that is 90" wide by 80.5" long that hinges on the front and latches down in the back, I also have the...
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    Do heavier things fall faster than lighter objects ???

    My son asked me, do heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects !!! I said, it depends, I said for example, 2 objects the size of a bowling ball, one being a light bowling ball and the other being a bowling ball made of lead, I said the bowling ball made of lead would hit the ground first...
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    Generator to run tig welder

    I just bought a 17500 watt generator that puts out approximately 78 amps, however the biggest plug is a 50 amp 230v plug and another one is a 30 amp 230v plug. Looking at the electrical diagram both hots are on the same line, so I want to join them back together so I can give my Dynasty 300 the...
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    Tying 2 plugs together on generator.

    I'm buying a a 17,500 watt Generac generator that puts out approximately 78 amp 230v the largest plug is a 50 amp and it also has a 30 amp outlet, while I will use this to run my shop during power outages, I also want to use it to run my Dynasty 300 tig welder to do portable tig jobs. The tig...
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    Shear wont run when it gets hot outside.

    I have a 1989 Accurshear 25010, meaning it will shear 10' of 1/4" plate. I've been plagued with this problem since I bought it used from Roush Racing 5 or so years now. The problem is that when it warms up outside, it quits working, I will use it for 15 - 30 minutes, it will run normal, then I...
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    Welding Carbide chips to give grapple teeth friction

    Okay guys, I'm working on an attachment of a front loader at a junk yard, this attachment has forks on it, the operator comes up to the front of the car after the hood is removed, the forks sit on top of each fender, then another unit pivots down into the engine compartment, squeezes together...
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    Fire escape repair

    I went to look at another fire escape at a college dorm in Ann Arbor, they anchor these things into the brick veneer and make them out of unistrut. The one and only 18' tall column is 1-3/4" unistrut ???? Why do they allow architects to seal structural drawings ??? They might know how to make...
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    Building a building on Light Industrial property

    I'm in the process of buying 23 acres of light industrial property that runs along the railroad tracks and a federal prison is on the opposite side of the railroad, I like the idea of the railroad and prison being my neighbor because they are unlikely to complain about anything I do and thieves...
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    Bending brushed stainless and not marring it

    I'm bending 3/8" x 3 brushed stainless and am trying to keep die marks off of it, duct tape has worked on thin stainless, however the tonnage required to bend 3/8" is not working.... I guess I should have bought the urethane they sell ???
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    Building a large press brake die out of angle

    I have a 240 ton x 12' hydraulic brake, I've been acquiring dies but cannot bite the bullet for a bottom die to bend 3/4" and 1" plate. I have a 8" x 8" x 1/2" angle that I want to mount on a pc. of 7/8" x 5" flat and then run ( two ) 3/4" x 6" flat bars on an angle for the vertical section of...
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    Drilling work hardened stainless

    I have some 1" x 1" x 1/8" 304 stainless tube that we drilled 80 holes with a 13/32 drill, there are about 6 holes that my guy didn't press down hard enough with the hand feed drill press causing the bit to rub and not cut causing the material to work harden. So I bought some drill bits from...
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    Bullet proof walls

    I have a job for a governmental building, they're asking for my guidance to make a bullet proof wall where they sit at the meetings in case a gunman comes in and starts shooting at them from the audience. Its looking like 3/8" AR 500 plate should be more than sufficient to stop any hand gun...
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    Conveyor experts needed.

    I'm building a new 17' long section of a aggregate conveyor that has 2 troughing roller and one head pulley. My question is, should the head pulley be on the same plane as the flat roller that is part of the troughing rollers. or maybe another way to say the same thing... if I were to run a...
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    Would I be tax exempt under Industrial processing.

    I own a welding company, we weld and fabricate just about anything, I'm buying a used Forklift and am wondering if I fall under any tax exept status for (Industrial Processing) I know when I'm working at my concrete and asphalt plants, I cant charge them sales tax because they process raw...
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    What size trailer for my new 12000 lb yale cushion tire forklift.

    Since my 7000 lb lift capacity yale has a bad engine, I have decided to buy a bigger 12,000 lb forklift while I'm replacing the engine in the smaller one, the 7,000 lb forklift weighs in at 12,000 lbs. and I haul it around on a triple axle trailer that I built, it has ( 3 ) 6,000 lb axles and is...
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    Not happy with new Pressbrake

    Okay, so the brand new Betenbender press brake showed up today, there're what appears to be a chain gouge on the bed that will need to be stoned down flush before putting the bottom die in. The upper die bolts to pinch the die won't tighten up, so I need to take a tap to the holes and chase the...
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    7,000 lb Yale needs an engine

    I have a 1996 Yale box car special fork lift and the engine has low cylinder pressure so I need a new engine, the truck is in good condition other than the engine starts really hard. The dealer acts like its not worth putting an engine in it, they are willing to give me scrap price for it ...
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    Employees dictating when they will work.

    I've been in steel fabricating, erecting and conveyors for 29 years, I just lost a good employee of 14 years ( He went to work for himself ), my 2nd good guy left for $ 25.00 hr with retirement. So in desperation I had to hire 2 new guys that are skilled trade guys from the Auto plants that are...

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